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Security of Electronic Passports

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Original title:Security of Electronic Passports
Authors:Zdeněk Říha, Václav Matyáš, Petr Švenda
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Citation:ŘÍHA, Zdeněk - MATYÁŠ, Václav - ŠVENDA, Petr. Security of Electronic Passports. The European Journal for the Informatics Professional, Spain. ISSN 1684-5285, 2007, vol. VIIII, no. 6, pp. 60-67.
Original language:English
Field:Computer hardware and software
Type:Article in Periodical
Keywords:Authentication; Basic Access Control;Electronic Passport; Entropy; Extended Access Control;

The electronic part of the passport should increase the security of the whole document but at the same time brings in new threats to the privacy of the passport holder. Therefore electronic passports need to implement a new set of security features. This article discusses the principles and the effectiveness of these security features.

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